Review of Arthur Hugh Clough's <hi rend="i">The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich</hi> William Michael Rossetti 1 1849
review <artist/> <location/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>The review is by WMR, who contributed three more to <title level="per"> <hi rend="i">The Germ</hi> , one in each number.

Clough's splendid poem was poorly received by most reviewers. WMR's appreciation does not stand alone in its intelligent sense of the poem's virtues, but it does stand with a small company of discerning contemporaries that included Thackeray, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Charles Kingsley.

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First printed in <hi rend="i">The Germ</hi> 1, pages 34-45.

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Fredeman 145-148

Germ text Ambarvalia: A joint publication with Thomas Burbidge, <hi rend="i">Ambarvalia</hi> is a collection of thirty-two short lyrics and blank-verse fragments which appeared in January 1849. It was often referred to in Clough's letters as the “Sicilian Shepherd”. Contemporary critics tended to prefer Burbidge's contributions to Clough's, generally citing the obscurity of the latter as the reason. Thomas Burbidge: As WMR's review indicates, this now-forgotten poet is perhaps best known for his collaboration with Clough on <hi rend="i">Ambarvalia</hi> . Burbidge (1816-1892) was Clough's schoolfellow at Rugby, which he attended 1830-1834. His mischievousness attracted the lifelong friendship of Clough, who in adulthood would regularly send him drafts of poems.
Germ text The Germ (British Library Copy, first issue) William Michael Rossetti 1850 January 1 0 The Germ (British Library Copy, first issue) William Michael Rossetti 1850 January 1 0 The Germ (1901 Facsimile Reprint, issue 1) William Michael Rossetti 1901 0 The Germ (1901 Facsimile Reprint, issue 1) William Michael Rossetti 1901 0